Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Thailand
Thailand: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.2% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Thailand, 1985–2021
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban employed population in working age.
Analysis
In 2021, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Thailand stood at 0.2%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and down 61.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Thailand peaked at 0.5% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2021.
Thailand ranks 46th of 78 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % of urban employed population in working age | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.5% | — |
| 1986 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.5% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.5% | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.5% | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 0.5% | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 0.5% | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -12.3% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -23.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -16.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -15.7% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 43 Luxembourg 0.2% compare
- 44 Portugal 0.2% compare
- 45 Czechia 0.2% compare
- 47 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% compare
- 48 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% compare
- 49 France 0.1% compare
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 7.92 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Thailand?
- Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Thailand was 0.2% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 1989.
- What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2021.
- How does Thailand rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64?
- Thailand ranks 46th out of 78 countries with data for 2021.
- Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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